this is fox 5 news at 10:00. here is a live look at that crippled cruise ship expected to arrive in alabama very soon. tonight we're learning more about the horrific conditions on board. >> plus a murder mystery in northern virginia, the victim

94 years old. tonight his widow speaks to fox 5 as we learn more about the on >> and the wild weather roller coaster continues, the changes on the way that could affect your weekend plans. but we begin tonight with breaking news, that crippled accuse ship listening towards land is expected to reach -- limping towards land is expected to reach the u.s. shore in an hour and a half. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. it's the end to a nightmare vacation for thousands of passengers on board talk nothing power, no working bathrooms for many. >> the horrible heat and smell forced some passengers to sleep outside on the top deck. fox 5's will thomas is following the story for us. >> the cruise ship is pulling up to the dock right now and for the 4,200 passengers and crew aboard they cannot get off that ship soon enough. let's take another live shot of the cruise ship. it's already been cleared by customs, so we expect to see the first passengers walk off within 30 minutes of being tied up. it's been a long agonizing five

days adrift in the gulf of mexico. here's more. >> our best estimate right now, once the ship ties up we estimate that it will take four to five hours to complete debarking of all the guests off the ship. >> a nightmare on the water and another one just to get off. passenger as board the crippled carnival cruise ship lined up for hours before the ship even got close to the alabama shore. toilets have overflowed, buckets of sewage lining some of the hallways. brenda cologne is a passenger. look at this twitter pic. it's virtually a tent city on the decks of the ship. passengers use bed sheets to shield themselves from the sun. >> i think that was our biggest challenge of the whole bathroom situation. me and my cabin mate had to abandon our room because of that. you know, thank goodness that our friends' room was not overflowing like that because that's where all of stouffer is and that's where we're able to -- stuff is and that's where we're able to wash our hair

over the sink. >> it's all about finding someone with a room with a working bathroom. julian a hare is also on the ship. >> finally they got a few bathrooms working but the line was like an hour long probably because everyone had to go. >> her dad summoning the family members on dry land -- is among the family members on dry land in mobile. >> she just called me a few moments ago and she's doing fine. they're not comfortable. they're not very happy about it. >> there's plenty of unhappy people waiting for family members upset over carnival's perceived miscommunication and poor planning. here's a passenger's husband. >> tell us the damn truth for what you know. we haven't heard anything truthful yet to my knowledge. >> carnival officials say they're ready to get passengers off that ship as quickly as possible. >> it will take us some time, but we do have a good plan in place and we have a lot of people in place. >> another live look here in

mobile. it looks like the triumph is now pulled into the spot. they're tying item as we speak now in the cruise ship terminal there. many family members are waiting for their loved ones to disembark. we're told by carnival officials the first passengers off that ship will be anyone with special needs or children. carnival has a fleet of charter buses standing by to take people on a seven hour bus ride to houston so people can catch flights to their final destinations from there or here's the second choice. passengers can take a two hour bus ride to new orleans and they can catch flights out of there tomorrow as well. so the ordeal will not be over for a while and we'll continue to watch this for our next 90 minutes. >> you got to feel for all those people on board the ship and their loved ones who have waited without answers. is carnival likely to face lawsuits after all this? >> well, lawsuits can be filed no matter, what but passengers may be in for a rude awakening because of the fine print on their ticket.

it will likely limit carnival's liability. that's what experts are telling us. besides the 500 bucks, the transportation home and a free cruise in the future, if they want, most of them won't get much more unless they can show they became say ill during the ordeal and have punitive damages. more on this one coming up. a developing story out of alexandria, virginia, an autopsy confirmed a 94-year-old man was the victim of a murder. tonight his widow speaks out. it's a story you'll only see on fox 5. karen gray houston joins us from the newsroom. >> marion roehrs is having a hard time wrapping her head around this tragedy. so is her son david who discovered the body after the violent attack. the house had been ransacked. it was a bloody scene inside. he also agreed to speak with us tonight but does not want his face shown on television. >> well, we was going to have our 13th anniversary july 20th.

doesn't make any sense to me. >> reporter: it was a second marriage for both. marian and elmer roehrs were both widows when they met. everyone called him joe. he was an optician. she had no idea their love story would end like this. >> i met him at a dance and he didn't know how to dance at all. so he said i'll meet you in the other room and then when i information there, he says your glasses aren't straight. -- i was in there, he says your glasses aren't straight. >> reporter: her house in the 2700 block of holly street is still surrounded by crime tape. detectives were back in the early evening looking for evidence in neighboring yards. roehrs' stepson gets emotional when he reminisces about his mother's husband. >> and to have his life ended in this horrible tragic way just breaks my heart. i mean joe, rest in peace. i'm just -- it's just

overwhelming. >> reporter: meanwhile alexandria police have arrested 45-year-old marie maybell johnson not connected to last night's murder but for alleged burglary of the holly street house in late november. she was arrested during a traffic stop along duke street around 3:00 this morning. >> she is going to be questioned in last night's incident just like anybody else that detectives will come into contact with. so it's still ongoing and very active. >> reporter: police aren't saying how they identified johnson as a suspect in the november burglary, but the victim's house is surrounded by security cameras placed there after at least one previous break-in of the house. the family also says a car was broken into. elmer, joe, roehrs served in the army in sicily in world war ii and sustained an injury and received a purple heart. his wife says that medal was stolen in one of the burglaries at their home and she says they would have celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary in july. .

also developing tonight, the san bernadino sheriff's office says the remains in a burned out cabin have been identified as fugitive christopher dorner. the former police officer head authorities on a days long manhunt after he shot several people including other officers. he had written a threat filled message on facebook vowing to take revenge on those felt wronged him when he lost his job with the lapd. when it was all over, five people were dead, four of whom were officers. we're following a news alert out of south africa tonight. a paralympic superstar charged with murdering his model girl friend set to appear in court in a few hours. oscar pistorius was the first double amputee to compete in the olympic games. >> reporter: oscar pistorius made headlines at the olympic games in london last summer nicknamed blade runner, now back in the news this time investigated in connection with

the murder of his girl friend. >> was the shooting incident this morning at the home of the well known paralympic athlete. at this time we can confirm that a young woman did die on the scene of gunshot wounds. >> reporter: police arrested pistorius, the first double amputee to run track at the olympic games in, connection with the shooting death of his girl friend model reeva steenkamp. paramedics tried to revive steenkamp who was shot multiple times when police arrived on the scene. police in south africa do not officially name suspects until they appear in court, but a police spokesperson says pistorius was at his home at the time of the shooting and no other suspects were involved. >> there have previously been incidents at the home. i'm not going to elaborate on that. allegations of domestic nature.

>> reporter: some local media outlets are reporting pistorius may have mistaken steenkamp for an intruder and accidentally shot her. pistorius' court hearing was scheduled for thursday afternoon but has been postponed un to give forensic investigators time to carry out their work. a fleet of lawmakers on capitol hill today for tougher gun laws, the children's defense fund and 1 million moms for gun control joined together to push for more restrictions on gun sales and ownership, among them the mother of hadiya pendleton, the 15-year-old chicago girl shot to death days after performing at an inaugural event in the district. >> this is unnecessary. she wasn't a bad kid. she wasn't -- and when i say bad kid, she wasn't a kid that didn't have any direction. she had direction and she had hope. she had a future. >> the groups deliver teddy

bears to lawmakers asking them to fast track what they call common sense gun safety laws to protect children instead of guns. switch gears now, the weather roller coaster continues, great day today, big changes on the way and chance of snow for the weekend. let's turn things over to fox 5's sue palka watching all those models that are coming in. >> it's not a clear cut situation. the models are all over the place on whether or not we might get some snow primarily very late tomorrow night or saturday. here's one thing we do know. it's going to be nice and warm tomorrow. then it's going to get colder for the weekend, an arctic boundary. we go straight to the temperature map to show you we are at 41 degrees now, but up to the northern plains you find chicago on the leading edge of that colder air at 34 and behind it drops to 13 at international falls, fargo at 5 degrees and 28 degrees in lincoln. that arctic front will cross us very late tomorrow night. we'll get warm ahead of it, but as it crosses it could squeeze out a couple rain and snow

showers. it would be a lot like what happened last night where any rain or snow showers would probably melt on pavement, but after that does a wave of low pressure try to form on that arctic boundary? that's the question we're still trying to get answers to tonight. some of our models say yes, but it would very much depend on how strong does this thing get or track out to sea or stay closer to the coast. our question is this. does the low go out to sea? if it does, there's not going to be a lot of snow but maybe a small accumulation especially south and east of d.c. if that track were closer to the coast, we might be talking about some accumulating snow along the i- 95 corridor on saturday and it might begin say 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. friday. we're still looking at those details. i have another round of guidance coming in and i'll share the new information with you in a little bit. it started with a

miscommunication, led to a complete meltdown on metro's green line. coming up new details about the mess that stranded thousands and why some passengers tore blame. >> i really liked it because it was very much like ecstasy, gave you that euphoric feeling. >> and have you met molly? your children may know who she is. coming up on the news edge at 11:00 why parents need to pay attention to this dangerous new drug. >> we're keeping a close eye on that crippled cruise ship from carnival as it nears the port in mobile, alabama. it's about a mile away close to docking, but perhaps it's now hooking up to the docks as we speak, relatives waiting anxiously. we'll bring you update as those passengers get off the ship and tell their story. 

a live look at the gulf coast where the carnival cruise ship triumph disabled for days at sea is finally docked at a terminal in mobile, alabama. passengers still have hours to

wait to disembark, though. a few dozen relatives have been -- we're told they're close to docking. at this point it's a formality. it's going to pull up to shore there. although not a second too soon for the 3,000 passengers on board. we'll watch it. as soon as those passengers get off, we'll bring you live pictures. new details about a meltdown on metro's green line last month that left thousands of passengers stranded on trains between navy yard and anacostia. officials say the first failure was a miscommunication, but it got worse when one passenger decided to lead other passengers out against orders. fox 5's sherri ly has the details. >> reporter: two green line trains stuck in rush hour with about 1,000 passengers each after the power suddenly cut off. the january 30th incident created panic and confusion. people uncertain how long they'd be stranded. >> the customers were alarmed. some were frightened.

all were inconvenienced and very uncomfortable. >> reporter: metro says a lapse in protocol led to miscommunication between officers that caused the initial power shutdown. >> we would not have been there if the protocols had been followed. >> reporter: the first train began evacuating short of the anacostia station, but the transit agency says the train operator who had just seven months' experience failed to make adequate announcements and people in the back exited onto the track. some passengers on the second train began self-evacuating, too. nigel charles told fox 5 he led riders into the tunnel and out. >> i really wasn't thinking about danger. i was just thinking about trying to get in a better situation than we were in, you know. my big thing was how long are we going to be down there? >> reporter: metro says the train operator told the man to stay on the train, but he refused leading to a more dangerous and life threatening situation. an off-duty red line operator followed to make sure they were

safe, but some confused passengers thought they were being led by a metro employee, not a passenger. board chairman tom downs believes metro needs to do everything it can to make sure people know the deadly consequences. >> they're risking their life about a train without any direction or supervision or protection. >> reporter: the incident started with an arcing insulator on the track. metro says it was ready to restore power after about 15 minutes, but the passengers in the tunnel caused the delay to stretch more than two hours. >> one of the few good things that came out of this is no one was injured and no one lost their life. >> reporter: metro hasn't disciplined any employees for the lapses and says instead it will focus on improving training and drills for situations just like this. most concerning, though, seems to be that self-evacuation. d.c. board member muriel bowser pondered why people would exit the train and go onto the

tracks and said you don't people doing that from an airplane stranded on a tarmac. in the newsroom sherri ly, fox 5 news. metro's real estate committee approved a deal that could allow the new fbi headquarters to be built in prince george's county. metro owns 78 acres at its greenbelt station that it wants to sell to a developer. that developer would then build the headquarters. the fbi is looking for a new location. officials say the jay edgar hoover building in the district is no longer adequate. another big story, senate republicans have blocked the nomination for chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense by a 58-40 vote. the nature fell short of 60 votes needed to -- the senate fell short of 60 votes needed to advance the confirmation. the holdup, unrelated questions about president obama's actions following the attack in benghazi, libya. >> i think that is a sufficient period of time to get answers to outstanding questions and i think senator hagel after that period of time deserves a vote

and up or down vote on his nomination. >> following the delay president obama spoke out against the filibuster but said he's confident hagel will eventually win confirmation. to virginia where a new handgun law is closer to becoming law to keep the name of concealed handgun permit holders private. originally only applicants' names were shielded but the house expanded the bill to cover all permit holders. the bill is now headed to the governor's desk. a student accused of a hoax has been ordered to undergo a psychic evaluation. brian hairston is accused of calling 911 last month reporting seeing a gunman on campus. the school was placed on lockdown. federal authorities charged hairston with knowingly making false statements. university police charged the 20-year-old with falsely

summoning law enforcement officials. the kind of update every redskin fan wants to hear, what we've learned about robert griffin, iii's recovery. 

groundbreaking today for the new redskins training center in richmond, virginia, the $10 million facility is part of a development deal between the city and health system that's allowing the lease of the property. the new center is expected to bring $40 million worth of investment to richmond and hundreds of jobs and now to fox 5's lindsay murphy with an update on robert griffin, iii's recovery. >> all signs point to a successful start to rehab for robert griffin, iii. redskins general manager bruce allen said today they continue to be optimistic rg3 will be ready to start the season on time but does say doctors ultimately will make that decision. griffin has said all along he will be ready for next season,

but there's now reason to believe the hype. the redskins know he's got a long way to go in his recovery and won't rush him back, but there were several reports today based on what they've seen so far, it's possible griffin will be the starting quarterback in week one. griffin won the a.p. nfl offensive rookie of the year award after setting the nfl record for best passer rating for a rookie quarterback. switching gears. nats spring training is officially underway in vieira, florida and with high expectations this group is as ready as ever to get back into playing shape. scott smith arrived tonight and set the table for spring. >> reporter: we came to florida expecting clear blue skies and warm sun, unfortunately not the case. the first official day of pitchers and catchers workout and it's rainy and overcast. it shortened the workout today by 20 minutes, but we won't let a few raindrops dampen the outlook of what's going to be a very exciting spring training

for the nats, a team that has high expectations and a boat load of talent. unfortunately one of those talented pieces, closer rafael soriano, has still yet to be seen. the big offseason splash signing has been held up apparently due to visa issues, but today manager davey johnson saying he's not too worried. he knows how to get ready for the season. also a bulked up version of bryce harper arrived weighing 230 pounds solid muscle up 15 pounds from a year ago. bryce suspects he'll be down to 220 by the time the season begins. here's the schedule, pitchers and catchers day two of workouts kicks off tomorrow at 10 a.m. position players are scheduled to arrive tomorrow as well. the first full team workout is coming up this sunday from vieira, florida. scott smith, fox 5 sports. >> our first live report with scott will be tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.

with tyler clippard about 9:05 tomorrow. up next an update on tonight's breaking news, a live look as the crippled cruise ship finally has docked in mobile, alabama. >> plus advice from travel experts if you're planning a cruise. back in a few. you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe... i got a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru.

this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >> we continue to follow live breaking news out of alabama where the carnival cruise ship triumph has finally made it to shore after being stranded at sea for four days. fox 5's will thomas following the story all night long down in the newsroom now. >> we expect to see the first passengers walk off any minute. families with children, special needs passengers, they are first. the whole process could take up to five hours. again, disembarkment will begin sortly. let's go back to that live shot. take a look at the carnival cruise ship. it's the cruise terminal there in mobile and we're told from

reporters on the ground carnival is keeping them a distance from where passengers will come off and be processed. so it may be a while before we can actually get some interviews on the air. a fleet of buses are standing by to take passengers and some of the crew that will be allowed to go homer to the houston or new orleans. they'll catch -- home to either houston or new orleans. they'll catch flights tomorrow morning. carnival is offering free transportation, free cruises in the future and $500. again we're looking at the carnival triumph. the next 12 to 14 cruises are canceled on this ship so the company can make repairs and clean it. once passengers started to get cell service the twitter pics started flying. one you saw there, a tent city passengers sleeping on the decks using bed sheets to protect themselves from the sun. inside the smell is said to be horrible, toilets backed up, sewage buckets in some of the hallways, you get the idea, an ordeal for more than 4,000 passengers and crew. because there is only one

elevator working and all those people, again, it could take up to five hours teveryone off. we will continue to hear the crew on the ship did a very good job under very difficult circumstances. we will watch this and wait for those passengers to come off and report back to you on the news edge at 11:00. the carnival cruise disaster has some of you rethinking travel plans but not everyone, though. we have been getting comments about cruising all day on our facebook page. audrey barnes joins us live from the web center with more on what you're saying tonight. >> one of our viewers beth powell allen says she just returned from her 14th cruise and has no. 15th booked on royal caribbean. she never travels on carnival. we also heard from alonna mcneil who said this ship has sailed for her. she'd never take a cruise, but if you have one booked, there are some things you can do so you aren't swamped with

disappointment. jamie cortez has had a bad experience of her own on a carnival cruise to mexico. >> my fiance and i tried to get a refund and they totally ignored us because we went on the cruise and it ended up being a booze cruise for a whole college campus basically and it was just horrible. >> the images now surfaces from those stranded passengers will keep her on dry land for her next get-away. >> i was going to probably do a cruise this summer, but i'm not going to do it anymore, especially with that cruise line for sure. >> the president of west end travel, vivian pomeii says you have to know before you go on any cruise now more than ever. >> there definitely are cruise lines that are better than others and just like there are ratings on airlines and their on time performance and their customer satisfaction and their baggage handling, the same thing is published on the cruise line. >> reporter: conday nash and

travel and leisure magazine regularly publish ratings on the cruise lines. no matter which line you choose she says invest in trill insurance. >> the amount is minimum -- in trip insurance. >> the amount is minimal. >> reporter: what would cruise insurance cover? >> not being able to exit the place, medical evacuation. you get stuck somewhere. >> reporter: she also says the very least those inconvenienced passengers on the ill fated carnival cruise should receive is a full refund and another equivalent or upgraded cruise for free. even so, that wouldn't be enough to entice everyone to board a cruise ship after this. >> it's going to make me think twice about taking a longer cruise for sure. seems like there have been a lot of cruise snafus of late. >> i cannot imagine and i would not -- i just wouldn't go on a cruise at this point. >> reporter: >> so the question we've asked all day to cruise or not to

cruise. we heard from cindy packet who says after seeing how they handled the situation cruises are out of the question for her. toya smith said i love carnival cruise lines, can't wait till my next trip. so there's wide ranging opinions on cruise shims. the best thing we can tell you -- ships. the best thing we can tell you is do your research. if you've had an experience you'd like to share, you can do it on our facebook page at myfoxd.c..com. up next the condition that forced lady gaga to cancel her entire tour. >> plus a northern virginia man just won the biggest powerball jackpot in state history, what he's planning to do with his hundreds of millions coming up.   >> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. 

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opportunities to win the then growing powerball jackpot. in denver the morning after the drawing dave checked online. >> i saw the powerball number first and said oh, i won a couple dollars and i started going left to right and my hands were shaking so bad i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: his ticket was the sole winner of a $217 million jackpot. he called home with the happy news. >> we both work thursday, the same day. we were both still working. >> i was actually in denver and i was leading the meeting, so i had to continue in the meeting. >> reporter: next problem? getting the $217 million ticket home through airport security scenings where wallets often get separated from people. >> at minneapolis i actually found this wallet you put on your arm. i've used them before traveling overseas. so i put it inside my long sleeves or whatever and put the ticket in there, but i kept checking it on the way home. it's like okay, it's got to be there. >> reporter: dave honeywell got the ticket home and has now been presented with the ceremonial check for $217

million, although he elected the quick payout opposite of only $136 million. dave and nancy are federal workers and because of base consolidation their daily commute is now 81 miles each way and these new zillionares have stayed on the job. >> she's going to retire in 2 1/2 week and i'm going to retire in another month and and a half. >> reporter: how will their lives change? >> i'm going to actually be a bigger retirement house because we want to build something that we can have all of our family there. >> at the same time. >> that's the only big change. >> reporter: this hand shook the hand of powerball winner dave honeywell. one, two, three. for the record, boss, i'm not expensing this purchase. so if these numbers hit, it's all mine. in richmond, john henrehan, fox 5 news.

>> good luck, john, hope you win. >> me, too. what's going on for the snowstorm this weekend? >> people are talking about some potential. i saw at least up to 48 hours on some of the new guidance and what it looks like in a nutshell to me is we get a little rain, snow shower activity tomorrow night, much like overnight last night. that's tomorrow night, but then something is trying to develop off the coast. is it going to be too far south and east of here? that's what i need to see. still some questions remain. you'll see that on the weather headlines. here's what we do know. it was a beautiful day. happy valentine's day, everybody, and your friday will be another pretty nice day and mild. i think we'll get into the mid- 50s. that's important because once again if we do get a little something tomorrow night as this arctic boundary crosses our area, pavement should be pretty warm. if we have rain changing over

to snow, i think roads will melt that off. you could get a small accumulation on grassy areas. that's the friday night part of this which we expect to see a little rain and snow shower activity the way things look tonight. it's a bit of a moving target. the question is do we get another round of snow saturday from this same area of low pressure going out to the coast blowing back some moisture? we're not sure yet. right now it looks like that might be happening south and east of d.c. we'll watch that closely and whether or not that line changes. meanwhile today 50 degrees, dulles 50, bwi thurgood marshall 49. how beautiful was it with that sunshine, too such bonus weather today and it's still mild here in the district. we're at 41, but manassas has cooled off to 28 degrees. we'll have some cool spots, frederick down to 28 degrees, leonardtown 36, stevensville 37. we do expect to have a chilly night as we just have clear

skies now. the moisture up to our north will stay to our north with that particular system, might get a little band of clouds to our north and west and maybe a few sprinkles of rain coming through garrett county a little later. tomorrow we'll watch the stronger cold front get closer. it does push milder air in our direction. we'll describe it as cool but really for february it's not bad. the frontal boundary will be closing in and it crosses tomorrow night. as it does so we might squeeze out some rain and snow showers. it appears as though an area of low pressure will try to develop along the leading edge of that colder air and on saturday we know it will pull in the cold stuff. so our question remains where does this area of low pressure get to and there are two scenarios we can see happening. one is that it goes off to sea and there's very little snow for the metro area or perhaps it's just right down here through the hampton roads area. in the second scenario would have it getting closer to the coast as it moves up.

if it is closer and maybe a bit stronger, it could produce another round of snow saturday for the i-95 corridor, maybe a little here and more up to our north. they'd have to watch it in philly across jersey into new york city, maybe into boston. those are the two scenarios that need to get worked out on saturday. here's futurecast. it's seeing rain showers as the front gets closer tomorrow night. watch what maps as i run this out to 10 -- happens as i run this out to 10:00, 11:00. we squeeze out a few snow showers. so that moves on away. we get a little sunshine on saturday according to futurecast, but does go start to develop down here -- something start to develop down here? we'll have to wait and see. on your fox 5 accuweather seven- day forecast we do know this about the weekend. it's going to get colder. saturday we'll only be 40 degrees. so whether we get accumulating

snow or just rain or snow shower, definitely colder and colder still sunday with a temperature of 37 and a blustery wind making those wind chills feel like they're in the 20s. we'll watch monday night, tuesday for a wintery mix and we warm up tuesday to about 50 degrees. presidents day is monday. this is a long holiday weekend for a lot of people. >> a lot of kids out of school. coming up next. >> reporter: i've got your valentine's bouquet plus a fascinating behind the scenes look what the it takes to get flowers from farm to front -- what it takes to get flowers from farm to front door. >> you've heard of texting while driving. how about texting while sleeping next on the news edge at 11:00. now your capital rundown with tom fitzgerald. >> it's your look at the new and noteworthy in the week ahead. it's your capital rundown for the week of february 18th, 2013. monday is presidents day and in mount vernon the u.s. army's old guard and fife and drum

corps will mark george washington's 281st birthday. there will be a military demonstration and wreath laying at the first president's tomb. admission is free and gates open at 8 a.m. tuesday, february 19th, the 21st annual national hippa summit opens in d.c. as mental health privacy is at the center of the gun control debate. the summit takes place at ritz carlton hotel at 1 p.m. wednesday, february 20th, the u.s. supreme court hears arguments in mcbernie versus young asking if virginia child service officials violated a rhode island father's right to child support information because he did not live in the state. that case starts at 10 a.m. thursday, february 21st, the federal mine safety commission will hold hearings on the u.s. department of labor's complaints against coal mine companies that it says fail to comply with safety regulation. the hearing is at 10 a.m. at 1331 pennsylvania avenue.

on friday, february 22nd, the united states senate dirk son office building will host the group human rights watch holding a congressional briefing on operation streamline, an immigration enforcement program underway on the u.s./mexico border. that briefing starts at 10 a.m. that's your capital rundown for the week of february 18th, 2013. i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll see you next week. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.

how did you spent your valentine's day? dozens of people in the district spent the day tying the knot in superior court. couples were saying i do every half hour. a total of 14 couples from their 20s to their 70s got married today. are you one of the countless people across the nation who received roses today? the demand for a dozen red on february 14th is high.

so how do florists keep up with all the demand? we'll see what it takes to get flowers from the farm to your front door. >> reporter: welcome to miami blossoming inside a few unassuming warehouses a fast pace backstage machine. >> this is a commodity. >> reporter: ships millions of flowers. >> we are in the center of the flower world. >> reporter: coast to coast. >> 89% of all the flowers that come into the united states come through miami international airport. >> reporter: every stem starts in an airport hangar. thousands of boxes are raced off cargo planes fresh from colombia or ecuador. not a second is wasted in the shuffle. after all, this delicate import is perishable. >> so it has to move very quickly. >> reporter: and this time of year one particular petal is priority. >> the rose. >> reporter: that leads to us rio, rio roses. >> the next step is quality

control. >> reporter: victor's miami company rushes roses to retailers in all 50 states. flowers fly fresh hours after they're cut. before shipping to us each import is inspected and when there's a problem, miami shows the grower live by webcam. >> there is so much work behind what we do that it's incredible. >> reporter: more incredible, these live screens. beautiful roses are traded just as ugly oil and flower prices fluctuate daily. so rio's staff is constantly tracking the floral market. >> it's all realtime. >> reporter: economics of emotion, don't blame victor for sticker shock. supply and demand are the culprits. >> i don't go to vegas. i roll the dice every day in this business. >> reporter: a few palm lined blocks way there's another army at work. >> we're around 500 employees. >> reporter: scott hill's

plant arranges bunches for stores nationwide. >> convenience stores, drugstores, box stores. >> reporter: this colorful assembly line almost never stops. >> we got to move it. >> reporter: these flowers were cut early as yesterday and will be in stores early as tomorrow. >> 48, 36 hours. >> reporter: another explanation for the high price of flowers, to do all this you've got to have people. >> there's no machines that can do what we do. >> reporter: valentine's day is crunch time. >> what we call the super bowl. >> reporter: but importers play this game every single day. >> flowers are 365 days a year. >> reporter: between all the boxes and all the bouquets the floral industry will ship 5 billion stems a year. >> billion. with a b. >> reporter: these florida warehouses are frigid. >> we like to keep it around 45 in here. >> reporter: but the heat is on. >> we start planning valentine's as early as june. >> reporter: 7,000 people working nonstop. >> there's no bre